Chaos Monkey (Martinez)

Book Reviews
Chaos Monkeys aims to do...for Silicon Valley [what Michael Lewis's Liars Poker did for Wall Street] and bracingly succeeds. Nothing I’ve ever read conveys better what it actually is like to be in the engine room of the start-up economy. There were moments I laughed out loud, something I never recall doing while reading about Steve Jobs.... There are a few problems with Chaos Monkeys. García Martínez likes footnotes way too much (on one page there are four) and the epigraphs to each chapter are numbingly heavy-handed.... More problematically, there is much more about digital ad technology here than most readers could possibly want.
David Streitfeld - New york Times Book Review


Incisive.... The most fun business book I have read this year.... Clearly there will be people who hate this book—which is probably one of the things that makes it such a great read.
Andrew Ross Sorkin - New York Times


An irresistible and indispensable 360-degree guide to the new technology establishment.... A must-read.
Jonathan A. Knee - New York Times


There are some books that are just too good to miss.... In his insider-tells-all book, Garcia Martinez discusses everything from goofy stories to cultural secrets about some of the country's most powerful and influential businesses.
Atlantic


Unlike most founding narratives that flow out of the Valley, Chaos Monkeys dives into the unburnished, day-to-day realities: the frantic pivots, the enthusiastic ass-kissing, the excruciating internal politics.... [García] can be rude, but he’s shrewd, too.
Bloomberg - Businessweek


An unvarnished account…of Silicon Valley.
CBS This Morning


Traces the evolution of social media and online marketing and reveals how it’s become a part of our daily lives and how it will affect our future.
Leonard Lopate - WNYC